Shuttle power supply question (apologies for cross posting)

[RoaldEuller]

I am contemplating building a SFF computer based on the Shuttle SK22G2. However, the specs list the power supply as 200w. Isn't this way too small for for driving anything but a bare minimum of hardware? For example, can I add a decent video card or am I forced to stick to the integrated graphics on the motherboard? Would I have a problem running 2GB of ram in such a small box? Or should I rethink this and just go with a standard case?

thanks!

 

[Enendar24]

I have a shuttle system right now with a 200watt PSU in it. My advice, stay away! I added a 9800 Pro into mine along with a 2nd hard drive and slowly over time it killed the PSU. I don't know if the new shuttles have better power supplies but 200 watts doesnt give you any extra power to play with.

 

[Mondoman]

You can get 250w (and maybe 300w) power supplies from Shuttle to replace what's in there. However, Shuttle does have a "compatibility" list with a number of video cards tested on the computer: http://global.shuttle.com/Support/SupportList.asp?Item=SK22G2&ver=SK22G2%20(FX22V1.x
so you can certainly add a PCIexpress video card. Just use common sense; I certainly wouldn't mount more than one hard drive and one optical drive in such a computer.